Showing posts with label Extra Life 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Extra Life 2014. Show all posts

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Extra Life Update - 24 Hours



Well, that was interesting. I guess there are only very few things you can do for 24 hours and still enjoy at the end ;)
Kingdoms of Amalur has a very slow start and way to much dialog, so I didn't make it very far. Not sure if I will keep playing it in the near future.

You can still support me, just visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life to donate if you want to enter the draw!  Click here for details.

Now I'll sleep for a couple of hours and then we talk about toy soldiers again!

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Extra Life Update - 21 Hours



The end is nigh!
I finished Forza Horizobs 2 at around 4 AM and now I am playing Kingdoms of Amalur. But that's a bit slow at the start, so far I mostly listened to NPC explaining stuff. Well, I guess I can spend another 3 hours playing it ;)

You can still support me, just visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life to donate!
By doing so you'll enter a draw in which you can win one of two boxes of miniatures from my collection. Click here for details.

See you in 3 hours.

Extra Life Update -18 Hours


Oh yeah, 3AM and I am really hitting the wall. I am tired and my fingers start to feel funny from pushing buttons for hours. Anyway, only a little bit more.

I won't bore you with more details about my progress this time, I think there are 3 races left.

And the Knotfest stream helps to keep me awake - Carcass and Testament in the past hours, with Hatebreed, Anthrax and Slipknot still coming.

You can still support me, just visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life to donate!
By doing so you'll enter a draw in which you can win one of two boxes of miniatures from my collection. Click here for details.

See you in 3 hours (if I am still awake...).

Extra Life Update - 15 Hours


It's now modnight over here and I think the worst part is just about to start. At least I figured out that there is a live stream from Knotfest so I don't have to listen to the same dozen tracks playing on the in-game "radio" any more \m/
I am still playing Forza Horizon 2 (not quite sure why...) and finished the Pro Tour. Now I am halfway through the first  Championship of the Champion Tour. Only 15 more races and I beat the game ;)

Statistics:
Top Speed: 343,3 km/h
Driven distance: 819 km
Average speed: 114,9 km/h
Progress Campaign: 72%
Cars owned: 17
Value of all cars: 4.965.210 Credits
EP total: 644.536
Highest Combo:  48.532 (!)
Rank: 47 (Orange)
Abilities: 11/25

And you can still support me, just visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life to donate!
By doing so you'll enter a draw in which you can win one of two boxes of miniatures from my collection. Click here for details.

See you in 3 hours! 

Extra Life Update - 12 Hours


Yay, halfway through! That means I'll only have to do the same thing again!
That means I'll still have to do it all over again...
Well, I might switch to World of Tanks or Kingdoms of Amalur for a while just to mix things up a bit. But I have won the first championship of Pro-Tour and found more cars - for example the Renault Alpine A110 1600 S I learned to love and the Maserati Tipo 61, my new most expensive car.



Anyway, here are the new statistics:
Top Speed: 343,3 km/h
Driven distance: 729 km
Average speed: 114,1 km/h
Progress total: 38,3%
Cars owned: 15
Value of all cars: 4.468.500 Credits
EP total: 349.936
Most expensive car: Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage
Rank: 36 (Orange)
Abilities: 10/25

And you cabn still support me, just visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life to donate!
By doing so you'll enter a draw in which you can win one of two boxes of miniatures from my collection. Click here for details.

See you in 3 hours! 

Extra Life Update - 9 Hours


And just in time for my dinner break I won teh Amateur Championship - sadly not undefeated, there was one race I just couldn't win. But I'll go back and correct this little flaw later ;)
But I noticed that I'm getting a bit bored by car racing - I actually caught myself commenting the race out loud like a sport's commentator on TV ;)

Anyway, here are the new statistics:
Top Speed: 294,7 km/h
Driven distance: 571 km
Average speed: 112,8 km/h
Progress total: 33%
Cars owned: 9
Value of all cars: 1.876.304 Credits
EP total: 271.989
Most expensive car: Ferrari 250 GT

And a big "Thank you" for the new donations - much appreciated!


If you want to support me, too,  please visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life.
By doing so you'll enter a draw in which you can win one of two boxes of miniatures from my collection. Click here for details.

See you in 3 hours! 

Extra-Life Update 2 - 6 Hours


I'm afraid I'll have to ditch the Acura soon, I won the last race with 0.082 seconds lead ;).
I'm still in the third championship and won 3 of the 4 races so far. Beside that I did a lot of "side-quests" - discovered 3 more cars in barns, won ashow- race against a helicopter, drove on 171 of 341 roads and tried some of the challenges, but OMG those are hard! I also repeated some races in a different division (Dirt instead of Sports Car).

Statistics:
Top Speed 294,7 km/h
Driven distance: 370 km
Average speed: 104,8 km/h
Progress total: 16,7%
Cars owned: 8
Value of all cars: 1.812.304 Credits
EP total: 129.852
Most expensive car: Ferrari 250 GT

And don't forget, if you want to support me by donating to the cause, please visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life.
By doing so you'll enter a draw in which you can win one of two boxes of miniatures from my collection. Click here for details.


See you in 3 hours! 

Extra-Life Update 1 - 3 Hours


After 3 hours of Forza Horizons 2 I have won the first two championships undefeated, unlocked 7 achievemnets, finished 7,9% of the game, own 3 cars worth 173.700 Credits, earned 75.450 XP, found a Lamborghini in a barn, reached a maximum speed of 263,1 km/h, drove 290 km, made a 59,6 m jump and earned 8.640 EP in my highest combo.

My favorite car so far is a completely tuned Acura Integra Type-R, the other 2 are a BMW Z4 sDRive35is and a Dodge Charger SRT8.

And don't forget, if you want to support me by donating to the cause, please visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life.
By doing so you'll enter a draw in which you can win one of two boxes of miniatures from my collection. Click here for details.
It would be awesome to see some additional donations over the course of the day!

See you in 3 hours!

Madness? THIS… IS… EXTRA-LIFE!

Hello everybody,
If you follow my blog on a regular base you already know that I am participating in this year's Extra Life charity. That means I'll be playing video games for 24 hours to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network.


As being based in Germany I decided to play from 9AM on saturday, October 25th till 8AM on sunday, October 26th.
"Wait a moment", you might think, "that's not 24 hours!"
In fact, it is. We are changing back from Summer Time (aka Daylight Saving) tonight so I'll play from 2AM to 3AM twice.

Anyway, what does that mean?
Well, no miniatures related updates for the next 24 hours. Instead I'll try to keep you entertained by regular status reports of my progress (in gaming) and/or decline (in mental capacity).

Additionally, if you want to support me by donating to the cause, please visit Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life.
By doing so you'll enter a draw in which you can win one of two boxes of miniatures from my collection. Click here for details.

For a start I'll be playing Forza Horizon 2 on the Xbox360.


See you later,
Falk

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Break! Extra Life Reminder

Hello everyone,
As you know I joined Team BANCE for this year's Extra Life and I already reached my initial goal of 200$ - Thanks a lot!


This means we are just one donation away from a second box full of obscure and/or cool miniatures that will be raffled off to one of my supporters!

How will that work?
Go to the Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life (or just click on the Extra Life banner)
Click "Support Me"
Donate at least 5$
Every 5$ you donate will give you one lot in the draw (for example if you donate 25$ you'll get 5 lots)
Make sure you ticked the "Allow participant to see my e-mail address" box (otherwise I can't figure out who you are if you win)
And done!

After a good night of sleep I will randomly determine and contact the winner(s) on October 27th.

What else can you do?
1. Spread the word
2. Get involved yourself
3. For my friends in the industry: Feel free to offer some additional prize support :D

Extra Life is an annual fundraising campaign that benefits Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. All donations will directly be used to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. The participants pledge to play games for 24h straight on October 25th to raise money from supporters. Check out Extra Life for more details.

Team BANCE is organized by the Flip theTable crew, an amazing podcast about the dark side of board-gaming. Check out their website and give their show a try, it is one of the most entertaining podcasts I know.
And a hint for my US readers:
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donors will receive an IRS compliant tax receipt.

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Break! Extra Life Update

Hello everyone,
As you know I joined Team BANCE for this year's Extra Life and I already reached my initial goal of 200$ - Thanks a lot!
 


This means we are just one donation away from a second box full of obscure and/or cool miniatures that will be raffled off to one of my supporters!

How will that work?
Go to the Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life (or just click on the Extra Life banner)
Click "Support Me"
Donate at least 5$
Every 5$ you donate will give you one lot in the draw (for example if you donate 25$ you'll get 5 lots)
Make sure you ticked the "Allow participant to see my e-mail address" box (otherwise I can't figure out who you are if you win)
And done!

After a good night of sleep I will randomly determine and contact the winner(s) on October 27th.

What else can you do?
1. Spread the word
2. Get involved yourself
3. For my friends in the industry: Feel free to offer some additional prize support :D

Extra Life is an annual fundraising campaign that benefits Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. All donations will directly be used to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. The participants pledge to play games for 24h straight on October 25th to raise money from supporters. Check out Extra Life for more details.

Team BANCE is organized by the Flip theTable crew, an amazing podcast about the dark side of board-gaming. Check out their website and give their show a try, it is one of the most entertaining podcasts I know.

And a hint for my US readers:
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donors will receive an IRS compliant tax receipt.


Look out for more announcements and details in the future!

Monday, August 18, 2014

Break! Extra Life Charity Event

Hello everyone,
time to do something useful!


Yours truly joined Team BANCE for this year's Extra Life and I need your help!

Extra Life is an annual fundraising campaign that benefits Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. All donations will directly be used to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. The participants pledge to play games for 24h straight on October 25th to raise money from supporters. Check out Extra Life for more details.

Team BANCE is organized by the Flip theTable crew, an amazing podcast about the dark side of board-gaming. Check out their website and give their show a try, it is one of the most entertaining podcasts I know.

As I said, I need your help to make this a success. And by donating you are not only getting this warm fuzzy feeling of having helped a good cause!
My experience taught me that the best incentive is pure bribery, therefore:

I will give away a box full of obscure and/or cool miniatures to one of my supporters!

And that's not all, if we exceed my personal goal of 200$, I will give away a second box of goodies!
(And if you go all-out crazy I will find more stuff ;) ).

How will that work?
Go to the Tabletop Fix page on Extra Life (or just click on the Extra Life banner)
Click "Support Me"
Donate at least 5$
Every 5$ you donate will give you one lot in the draw (for example if you donate 25$ you'll get 5 lots)
Make sure you ticked the "Allow participant to see my e-mail address" box (otherwise I can't figure out who you are if you win)
And done!

After a good night of sleep I will randomly determine and contact the winner(s) on October 27th.

What else can you do?
1. Spread the word
2. Get involved yourself
3. For my friends in the industry: Feel free to offer some additional prize support :D

And a hint for my US readers:
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donors will receive an IRS compliant tax receipt.


Look out for more announcements and details in the future!